14 August 2015

Le Restaurant

Hi, dear readers. Thank you for the sweet comments and inquiries on the Mad Hatter Party post that was pre scheduled. Thursday was our first day home after five weeks away, and it has been a long time since I've posted, because the internet connections in Italy are slow. Though I am happy to report that they were much better in Paris!

We spent almost four weeks in Italy, and a little over a week in Paris. When my daughter finished her studies and playing, we took the overnight train from Venice through Switzerland to Paris. It was quite the adventure. We had a sleeper car all to ourselves. At that point we became a group of three because my spouse joined us.

This is one of the restaurants in the Musee D' Orsay; the museum that houses much of the impressionist collection. In my opinion, it's the most beautiful restaurant dining room that I have ever seen. It was recently redone in 2013-2014. The chairs are by Edra and designed by the Italian artist Jacopo Foggini. It is a new technique, and they remind me of murano glass, but I think they are a polycarbonate.

The rainbow hued chairs are a stunning contemporary contrast to the ornate gilded splendor of this dining room's walls and murals painted by Gabriel Ferrier in 1900 and the older plainer parquet floors. Yet, they are perfect.

Beautiful...

The dining room serves French cuisine. I'm sorry to say that we tried to use our French in Paris, but everyone quickly goes to English, which is the opposite of my experience 25 years ago. The French speak English really well.

Welcome to our vintage 1940s cottage fixer: built when homes were a big petite 1000 square feet with sleeping porches for summer cool. I adore romantic, vintage, a ruffle of French, Nordic, and Swedish country with a sprinkle of cottage glam: a relaxed whimsical, elegance. It's our home, and there is painting, music, gardening, creating, living, kitties, french poodles, (and a pug)...imperfect with luster.

42 comments:

Oh, welcome back dearest Su! What a delightful adventure...I have always dreamed of visiting Italy and Paris! And what an amazingly beautiful restaurant...it is really exquisite! So lovely to see pictures!Have a beautiful weekend further...and enjoy settling back into your home! Hugs!

Welcome home Su, you've been missed. I love the restaurant and the choice of unique chairs that light up like gem stones. I also love how they took the ceilings paintings and tied it into the menu. Which I hope one of those pretty menus came home with you. Rest and come back and share your daughters studies and all your adventures with us.xoxo,Vera

Thank you, RJ. I agree. It is stunning! She was accepted to study and perform on piano in a summer program. It is a really great learning experience. Last year, we were so lucky that when we returned to Arizona the heat was starting to wind down! :) xoxo Su

Beautiful photos of the restaurant! Those chairs are amazing, are they an acrylic? Glad you made it home safely, but you do realize you came back to the Hottest week of the year?? May you stay inside and stay cool! Blessings, Cindy

Welcome home! Hope you had a wonderful summer. Your pictures from the museum are stunning. It has been 17 yrs since I have been there, I'm sure it has changed a lot. Lokking forward to hearing more about your travels. Jen x

Wow-I have never seen anything like those chairs! It's always inspiring to see artists use materials in such a unique way. They truly look like glass, and fit in perfectly with the luxurious decor. Thanks for sharing such an amazing space. Sounds like your trip was wonderful!!

Hello Dear Friend,I am so excited for you to share more of your journey. How fun and so special to be a family traveling together.I love the chairs, wow! All of your photos are amazing.Have a great week.Carla

What an enchanting place to visit. I am totally in love. Such magnificent beauty and craftmanship. I did not make it to The Musee d'Orsay when I visited Paris but I did manage to see enough to make me fall in love with Paris.

So glad you got to spend time with your family in Italy. That is wonderful.

Well maybe in Paris... I suspect it would be different if we spent time in the countryside. In Italy, except for the German area of the alps, I use my Spanish quite a bit. I can get by with Spanish in Italy, because it is close enough to Italian. In the German part, people speak some English and some do quite well.

I have been missing you and decided to stop over and see what you are up to...ok...I see your last post was in Aug....I surely am hoping you are somewhere, having lots of fun and not having problems.Love to you, bj

Thank you, it was such a wonderful and beautiful trip. We got around fine, things were flaring up a bit at the trains, so we did not get to England, but we had a fantastic time anyway! I agree on the chairs! If we had the room, my daughter and I agree that we would love one to pair with her French secretary desk. She likes a bit of modern and color. Thank you for visiting. I'm going to start catch up on visiting. xoxo Su

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Welcome to our vintage 1940s cottage fixer: built when homes were a big petite 1000 square feet with sleeping porches for summer cool. I adore romantic, vintage, a ruffle of French, Nordic, and Swedish country with a sprinkle of cottage glam: a relaxed whimsical, elegance. It's our home, and there is painting, music, gardening, creating, living, kitties, french poodles, (and a pug)...imperfect with luster.